# 祈

| 祈 | U+7948, &#31048; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7948 |
| ← 祇 [U+7947] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祉 → [U+7949] |
| 祈 | U+FA4E, &#64078; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA4E |
| ← 祉 [U+FA4D] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 祐 → [U+FA4F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祈 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹一中 (IFHML), four-corner 3222$_1$, composition ⿰礻斤)

#### Descendants

* 𛀨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24640
* Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2388, character 14
* Unihan data for U+7948
* Unihan data for U+FA4E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蘄 | *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn |
| 祈 | *ɡɯl |
| 頎 | *ɡɯl |
| 旂 | *ɡɯl |
| 圻 | *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 蚚 | *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls |
| 岓 | *ɡɯl |
| 玂 | *ɡɯl |
| 沂 | *ŋɡɯl |
| 掀 | *qʰan |
| 釿 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn |
| 齗 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn |
| 听 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ |
| 垽 | *ŋrɯns, *qɯns |
| 斤 | *kɯn, *kɯns |
| 菦 | *kɯnʔ |
| 靳 | *kɯns |
| 劤 | *kɯns |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 赾 | *kʰɯnʔ |
| 芹 | *ɡɯn |
| 近 | *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns |
| 斦 | *ŋɡɯn |
| 欣 | *qʰɯn |
| 忻 | *qʰɯn |
| 昕 | *qʰɯn |
| 訢 | *qʰɯn |
| 炘 | *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns |
| 邤 | *qʰɯn |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 焮 | *qʰɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯl) : semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí (qi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khì
    (Hailu, HRS): ki
* Eastern Min (BUC): gì
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$ji / $^2$ji
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$
*** Yale: kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
*** Tâi-lô: kî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ji
*** MiniDict: ji$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
*** Wugniu: $^2$ji
*** MiniDict: ji$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /d͡ʑi²²³/
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑi²³/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡ʑi²³¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /d͡ʑi³¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /d͡ʑi²²/
* Middle Chinese: gj+j
Rime :
| Character | 祈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠希切 |
| Baxter | gj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ge̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɢ]ər/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 祈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[ɢ]ər/ |
| English | pray |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 祈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6635 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 祈 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯl/ |

### Definitions

祈
* to pray
* to entreat; to beseech; to beg

### Compounds

* 伏祈
* 春祈秋報 / 春祈秋报
* 祈使句 (qíshǐjù)
* 祈報 / 祈报
* 祈巧
* 祈年
* 祈年殿
* 祈晴
* 祈晴禱雨 / 祈晴祷雨
* 祈望 (qíwàng)
* 祈求 (qíqiú)
* 祈父
* 祈盼
* 祈祈
* 祈福 (qífú)
* 祈福酬神
* 祈禱 / 祈祷 (qídǎo)
* 祈禱文 / 祈祷文
* 祈禳
* 祈請 / 祈请
* 祈雨 (qíyǔ)
* 祈願 / 祈愿 (qíyuàn)
* 祈風禱雨 / 祈风祷雨

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 祈 |
| Kyūjitai | 祈 &#xFA4E; or 祈+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 祈󠄀 祈+&#xE0100; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 祈󠄃 祈+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祈)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)、げ (ge)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: いのる (inoru, 祈る, Jōyō)、いのり (inori, 祈り)、うけう (ukeu, 祈う)、うけい (ukei, 祈い)、うけい (ukei, 祈)、ねぐ (negu, 祈ぐ)、のむ (nomu, 祈む)、のまく (nomaku, 祈まく)
* Nanori: もとむ (motomu)、いのる (inoru)、いのり (inori)、えば (eba)、きらり (kirari)

#### Compounds

* 祈年(としごいの)祭(まつり) (Toshigoi no Matsuri)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 祈
* き Grade: S
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 祈 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 祈 (MC gj+j).

#### Affix

祈(き) • (ki)
* to pray
* to wish

##### Derived terms

* 祈雨(きう) (kiu)
* 祈(き)願(がん) (kigan)
* 祈(き)誓(せい) (kisei)
* 祈(き)請(せい) (kisei)
* 祈(き)祷(とう) (kitō)
* 祈(き)年(ねん) (kinen)
* 祈(き)念(ねん) (kinen)
* 祈(き)望(ぼう) (kibō)
* 丹(たん)祈(き) (tanki)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 祈
* うけい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 祈 (kyūjitai) 誓 誓約
⟨uke$_2$pi$_1$⟩ → /ukəɨpʲi/ → /ukeɸi/ → /ukewi/ → /ukei/
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese verb うけふ (uke$_2$pu, modern ukeu, “to ask for intentions, to pray to a deity, to curse”).

#### Noun

祈(うけい) • (ukei)
* (historical, archaic) an ancient form of divination or fortunetelling found in the Nihon Shoki
* (archaic) a covenant

##### Derived terms

* 祈(うけい)狩(が)り (ukeigari)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 祈
* いのり Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 祈 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 祈る (inoru, “to pray, to hope for”).

#### Proper noun

祈(いのり) • (Inori)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 祈
* いのる Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 祈 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of the verb 祈る (inoru, “to pray, to hope for”).

#### Proper noun

祈(いのる) • (Inoru)
* a female given name

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 祈
* えば Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 祈 (kyūjitai)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

祈(えば) • (Eba)
* a female given name

### Etymology 6

* Kanji in this term
* 祈
* きらり Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 祈 (kyūjitai)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

祈(きらり) • (Kirari)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ “祈”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ki]
* Phonetic hangul: [기]

### Hanja

Wikisource 祈 (eumhun 빌 기 (bil gi))
* hanja form of 기 (“pray”)
* hanja form of 기 (“entreat, beseech”)

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ち (chi)
* Kun: いぬゆん (inuyun, 祈ゆん)

#### Compounds

* 祈(ち)願(ぐゎん) (chigwan)
* 祈(ち)祷(とー) (chitō)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

祈: Hán Nôm readings: kì
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